Bringing together some of the pioneers of Catholic engagement with world religions with striking new voices . . . this collection of essays, lucidly written and rigorously rational, addresses the classic problematics of interreligious relations. The authors have assimilated the pre-and post-Vatican II explorations without neglecting the texts of the magisterium. In fact, a reflective and critical approach to the magisterium is exactly what I was hoping to hand on to my own students at the Pontifical Gregorian University. It is gratifying to see that project taken up by a new generation of scholars.

Rev. Canon Francis V. Tiso, Catholic priest, scholar, and writer, Italy

This is an important collection. Generous in spirit, it brings Catholic teaching into conversation with a variety of world religions. Because of, rather than in spite of, the book's generosity, the authors adhere to the norms of Catholic faith. It will be essential reading for everyone with a serious interest in Catholicism's relationship to non-Christian religions.

Simon Hewitt, Associate Professor in Philosophy, University of Leeds, UK

It is the most illuminating collection of its kind that I have come across. All understanding between the great traditions is a good thing, and at present as never before a necessary thing, but it is so often pursued either by way of reductive treatments of “general themes” that leave most of what is distinctive out of the picture or by way of the forcible imposition of one tradition's perspective upon another. This volume avoids both sins. These are genuinely penetrating, illuminating, and intellectually generous studies.

David Hart, Philosopher and Theologian, USA